Materials Handling
Materials Handling Best Practice
Last week, a SafetyXChange member asked about the safest way for workers to carry long materials.
He wrote:
We feel it is unsafe to carry long material on your shoulder as you cannot see the back (head height) end and it may come into contact with people or equipment.
Our suggestion was to carry long material at [...]
Materials Handling Best Practice
A SafetyXChange member is looking for information on the safest way for workers to carry long materials. He writes:
We feel it is unsafe to carry long material on your shoulder as you cannot see the back (head height) end and it may come into contact with people or equipment.
Our suggestion was to carry long [...]
How to Determine Safe Stacking Heights
Last week, Catherine Jones, editor of SafetyXChange, received the following question from a SafetyXChange member in response to her article on stacking mismatched items:
“I enjoyed reading your article about stacking oddball sized materials. I have a question. In the article you mentioned that materials should be stacked to a safe height. Is there any guidance [...]
How to Stack Oddballs
Proper stacking in the workplace ensures that materials are accessible when needed; it keeps the stacked materials in proper condition; and most important of all, it prevents injuries. Stacking materials works best when all of the stacked items are of equal or proportional configuration, size and weight. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. Your stockrooms, [...]
Is It Ever Safe to Pull a Pallet Jack?
Editor’s Note: Last week, I received the following question from a SafetyXChange member:
I’ve looked everywhere on the net to try to answer my question. We have several employees who move pallet jacks by pulling with both arms behind their backs. It looks like this could strain the back much easier than pulling with one arm. [...]
Why Home Is Not Always a Safe Haven
Think of the one place where you feel safe, a place you consider your refuge. For most people that safe haven is home. For example, in a recent National Safety Council survey, 93 percent of respondents said they felt at least as safe if not safer at home than they do at [...]
Training and Leadership from the Hawk’s Eye View
Last week, we invited you to submit your questions to international speaker, trainer, consultant and author Richard Hawk. Richard is not only an experienced safety professional who has been in the field for more than 20 years but, so he claims, an accomplished guitarist, singer and songwriter. Richard will now make [...]
How to Prevent Pallet Jacks from Causing Injury
A pallet jack may not be the most hazardous piece of equipment in your workplace. But its simple appearance can be dangerously
deceiving. Manual pallet jacks have been the culprit behind crushed toes, scraped knuckles and pulled backs. Improperly stored and these devices also pose tripping hazards. If your facility uses pallet jacks, share these safety [...]
A General Safety Guide
Lift trucks are handy tools found on the sites of many businesses. Although essential to the conduct of day-to-day business, lift trucks generally don’t add any value to the company’s product. Handled improperly, though, they can add cost. This article will explain what you can do to reduce the risk of a lift truck incident. [...]
Provide Basic Lifting Instructions to Prevent Back Injuries
Back injuries are a common form of workplace injury. Improper lifting techniques are a leading cause of back injuries. Showing your employees the right way to lift loads is thus a key to preventing injuries. Here’s how to create a form for doing that. There’s also a model memo, written for an eighth-grade reading level, [...]
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